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Message: [QUOTE="MilfordHusky, post: 2751630, member: 366"] I spent about 7 hours on the course today. It's a beautiful place. The weather was sunny, 77, and breezy. The breeze kept things cool for the patrons but really challenged the golfers. The set-up with wider fairways made the course look easier than in 2004, but still not easy. The primary defense was the wind and the greens. Players have to be in the right spot on the greens, and the wind makes that difficult. Some of the greens now have large collection areas near them, so missing the green by a little meant missing it by 20-40 yards and chipping substantially uphill. Some lowlights I witnessed: While leading the tourney at -2, Matt Kuchar left the ball in a front bunker on the par-3 11th, playing only 159 yards--but uphill into a 20 mph wind. (The bunkers were popular, because over the green was the worst place to be.) He had a bad lie, took 2 to get out, and made 5. On his very next swing, he drove out of bounds on #12. Tiger hit a nice 4-iron off the 1st tee and then took 6 more shots to go about 130 yards. He missed long--the worst place possible--on his approach shot. Two chips later he was almost on the green. Then he putted from just off the edge, missed the follow-up, and made a triple-bogey. Several fans there had never seen Tiger in person. They were disappointed and shocked at the poor display. I saw all the players in one group miss the 12th fairway on the right--due to the cross-wind--and fail to make par. A group or two later, I saw one young guy putt the ball off the same green and make triple-bogey. A few highlights: Sergio Garcia hit a nice short iron to #8, made a putt of 6-8', and walked off with a birdie. Later, Dustin Johnson holed out from the bunker for birdie on the same hole. Toward the end of the day, two players in the same group birdied the 616-yard par-5 #16. Later, Tony Finau had a 15-20' putt for eagle, but left it short. Considering the pin placement in the middle of the green and relatively few contours, that looked like th only birdie hole I saw all day--despite the 600+ yards. Though I didn't see it, someone holed out for eagle on #18, which elected a big roar. The best way to deal with difficult greens is to chip in or hole out from the fairway. I'll be back tomorrow. I won't be there for the weekend, but neither will some of the top golfers in the world. Pebble Beach next year! [/QUOTE]

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